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Task now is upholding Australia’s liberal way of life

Celebrating the ethnic diversity that is part and parcel of multicultural Australia must not extend to tolerating intolerant behaviour.

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The Afr View

Australia needs a collective pause after the Bondi shooting

Jewish traditions shouldn’t govern Australian public life. But there’s wisdom in the idea that some losses deserve more than a news cycle before we...

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Jonathan Schleifer

Australians can’t afford another Christmas with Chalmers

As the prime minister no doubt considers a ministerial reshuffle, he should give serious consideration to letting the treasurer try something else.

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Ted O&x27Brien

There is no surprise why Jews are leaving for Israel in droves

Even before Bondi, Jewish Australian identity was being erased from society.

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Alex Polson

Bondi has put a hole through my Jewish Australian identity

Despite my Australianness, I don’t know if I feel safe. We have police helicopters circling our suburbs and police on every corner.

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Naomi Dinnen

Be cautious of overreach on basic freedoms

Australia’s major antisemitism problem has been a shortage not of laws but of political leadership at the top.

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The Afr View

Chalmers’ fake budget repair makes productivity challenge more urgent

The treasurer’s failure to start genuine fiscal repair means the May budget will have to do even more heavy lifting on economic reform.

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The Afr View

For this Jew, antisemitism feels like an Australian problem

For two years, the “silent majority” by and large has failed to speak up in favour of broader Australian values and social cohesion.

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Marnie Perlstein

Data centres look more like a bubble than a mining boom

Macquarie’s sale of data centre assets may be a canary in the coal mine for a coming financial bust.

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John Kehoe

How Xi Jinping, and not Donald Trump, is the winner of 2025

“America first” works as an election slogan. In fact, the US president has handed the initiative to Beijing in tech, energy and security.

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Edward Luce

Security agencies have hard questions to answer about Bondi shooting

The blowtorch has now been turned on Australia’s police and intelligence agencies. The scrutiny must be informed by some uncomfortable truths.

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John Coyne

Worried about an AI bubble? Look for these four ’O’s

Tallying up all four suggest AI is a bubble. However, history also shows that there is no exact point at which a bubble bursts under its own weight.

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Ruchir Sharma

Selective investors set to be rewarded next year

The fixed income comeback is on for 2026, but only choosy investors will thrive in the period of corporate stress and rising concerns about AI debt.

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Mark Trevarthen

Chalmers’ spending won’t help the RBA tame inflation

Despite the treasurer’s claim of a “stronger” budget due to higher revenue, under-the-radar spending will contribute to worsening deficits.

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John Kehoe

UniSuper and AustralianSuper should force a reckoning at the ASX

It’s time both industry funds stepped up by demanding more immediate and detailed action plans from the company, including the replacement of...

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Helen Bird

Politicians must call out Islamism to fight antisemitism

If the response to Bondi is to be meaningful, the outcome must be to better protect Jewish people by upping vigilance against Islamist terrorism.

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The Afr View

Bondi shows why we must police our friends, not just our enemies

A permissive environment has been created in which Israel is conflated with all Jews, everywhere.

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Stephen Bush

There is a correlation between demonisation of Israel and darkness at Bondi

Australians can criticise Israeli government policy. But delegitimising Israel’s right to exist is something else entirely.

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Jeremy Leibler

Gun ban is no fix for antisemitism or false multiculturalism narrative

In a nation where hate has been allowed to spread and immigration is ruled by the misleading mantra of diversity, restricting firearms won’t make a...

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Pru Goward

Tougher gun laws won’t stop the hatred that killed at Bondi

Unless our political leaders are willing to reassert the non-negotiable values of Australian life, the nation will continue to treat symptoms while...

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